Acquired retraction syndrome after sixth nerve palsy.
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Acquired retraction syndrome after sixth nerve palsy.
Duane (I905) emphasized six features of a characteristic congenital ocular motility syndrome: (i) Complete, or less often partial, loss of abduction of the affected eye; (2) Partial, or rarely complete, restriction of adduction of the aHected eye; (3) Retraction of the affected eye into the orbit on adduction; (4) Oblique overshoot of the affected eye either up and in or down and in on adductio...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1973
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.57.2.110